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City Planning as Ideology and Practice: Ten Speeches by Dr.Earl A. Levin
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2011-01-01)
For more than three decades, Dr. Earl A. Levin delivered extraordinarily eloquent speeches
concerning Canadian cities and city planning. Earl Levin was wont to speak on an
impressively wide range of topics, at great ...
At Home/Chez Soi Winnipeg Site: Later Implementation Evaluation Report
(2014-09-26)
This report is the second documenting the implementation of the Mental Health Commission of
Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project in Winnipeg, covering the late 2010 to late 2011 period. It reports
on the changes in program ...
City of God and Elite Squad: From Fatalistic Violence to Agency
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-19)
Brazilian favelas (slums)have become cityscapes of exclusion, with their precarious housing on unpaved pathways, overcrowded places stigmatized as shelter for the urban poor and for criminals. This paper analyzes how ...
Supermarket Redlining and Food Deserts: Characterizing Food Insecurity and Urban Decline
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-10)
In recent decades, the act of supermarkets abandoning and disinvesting in inner city
locations has resulted in increasing food insecurity and urban decline for residents. These
so-called ‘food deserts’, occurring in ...
Report on the Residence Satisfaction Survey
(2014-11-06)
The Residence Satisfaction Survey was undertaken to determine the level of satisfaction felt by students living in the University of Winnipeg's residences. The survey was administered in February 2001 by Janis Pregnall, ...
Sustaining a Living, Inclusive and Creative City
(2010-01-01)
This project linked the Institute of Urban Studies with the broader community in Winnipeg and Saskatoon for the purpose of participating in the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the theme of which is "Better City, Better Life." ...
Winnipeg Site Implementation Final Report
(2014-09-26)
This report documents the implementation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project in Winnipeg. It reports on the viewpoints and perspectives of the site’s stakeholders concerning the fidelity ...
Understanding and Promoting Effective Partnerships for CED: A Case Study of SEED Winnipeg’s Partnerships
(2010-01-01)
Partnerships are often assumed to be a necessary, and indeed an intrinsically useful, component of CED. But partnerships can be difficult to maintain and sometimes can constrain effective CED. This case study will examine ...
Eat Where you Live
(2011-08-26)
The Management of Co-operatives: Developing a Postsecondary Course
(2010-01-01)
This research project aims to design a course outline, syllabus, and reading package for a “Management of Cooperatives” course that will be offered at the University of Winnipeg (Faculty of Business and Economics) in the ...